Relationship Reflection

Relationships are important to me because of the foundations of trust, guidance, and friendship. My mother is my most important relationship now since my father's passing twenty one years ago. I can go to her and share anything with her and I know what I  tell her will stay only between us. The guidance she has given me since childhood has been indispensable. The christian faith instilled in me by my parents and grandparents has given me the foundation that I need to guide me in my life. My mother has taught me not to say what you want to become in life, but she has taught me to go out and achieve my goals through actions and results. My father showed me to not to trust everyone because everyone is not out for your best interest and that include your own family members. Friendship, to me, is akin to true love. Love given freely, yet held back. Passion without touch. Trust, without limit. Communication, without fear. As different as they may be, they are reflections of each other, as the friends themselves are, and both are a burning need to make the other smile (Eric Nickel).

My parents has showed me what a loving relationship can be between two people. How they worked with each other to raise eight children by nurturing, disciplining, and guiding them when needed. My parents and grandparents were parents and grandparents and not your friends as some people try to be to their children today. My parents taught me to treat people with respect even though they may dis respect you. My father taught me to learn how to walk away from a fight which was very hard for me to do in my younger days. All of my relationship new and old relationship are built on trust and honesty but once those or broken if I have to work with you I will but there will only be a business relationship and never a personal one. In a personal relationship once trust and honesty is broken there will no longer be a relationship with you at all.